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Transcripts For KPIX KPIX 5 News At 5am 20240712

We have a fog advisory in effect for the Golden Gate Bridge. If your commute takes you through Marion County into San Francisco, you will be dealing with limited visibility across the santa anitas. Elsewhere, our other slow spot is in the Altamont Pass. Debe ar t house and extends line wit dipping down to 24 miles per hour. Your drivetime at 34 minutes if you are traveling from 205 tour the dublin interchange. We did have a trouble spot along highway 4 it was blocking the left lane but as we look at our sensors, it looks like it may be clear. Traffic is pretty quiet on highway 4 and quiet at the bay bridge although we are starting to see a few more cars hitting the roadway for this morning drive. Taking a live look now at Walter Reed Medical Center. We are learning from president Donald Trumps medical team that he could be discharged as early as today. The president is entering his fourth day at the hospital being treated for covid19. He is also facing some criticism this morning for already leaving the hospital, at least briefly. The president to right outside to see his supporters last night with secret service in the car. This came shortly after the president thanked the staff at Walter Reed Medical Center in a video tweet. The nurses, doctors, i have also gotten to meet some of the soldiers in the first espon. President donald trump also suggested in the twitter video that he has learned a lot about covid19. Is medical team says they are optimistic about the president s recovery. The fact of the matter is, he is doing really well. He is responding. The president has been given supplemental oxygen twice. Doctors are treating the 74 yearold with the antiviral drug remdesivir and the steroid dexamethasone. They also reported at least 30. 6 thousand new covid cases yesterday and 410 deaths according to Johns Hopkins university. We spoke to one bay area help professor about the president s diagnosis. President donald trump is especially at risk because the 74yearold president is nearing an age group that is considered vulnerable. His weight could also be a factor but there may be a Silver Lining in his recovery. We have seen tremendous activity and access to care and in terms of availability of medication and availability of resources. We are all hoping that this crucial experience will bring a rapid recovery. It will lead to an increased focus on the activities we are all trying to fix. Meantime, the winter flu season will make the countrys recovery more difficult. This is especially true with scientific misinformation spreading. s mixed messaging from federal agencies like the cdc and fatigue from social restrictions. Democratic president ial candidate joe biden is moving forward with in person campaigning today. He is heading to south florida. Bidens campaigns as they will release the democratic contenders test results every time he is tested. Biden has tested negative for covid so far. The glass fire has torched nearly 65,000 acres. Despite low humidity and high temperatur progress bolstering the fire lines, upping containment of 26 . New evacuations were ordered yesterday in northern napa county. Some good news for calistoga where orders havent downgraded to warnings. Now, people can start returning home. This was the scene last night, residents unpacking their cars, returning to a city that went dark seven days ago. One calistoga resident showed us the last picture he took of his home before leaving monday, not sure he would see it again. A lot of people lost their homes but there are a lot of homes that were saved. It is surprising when youre up driving to the mountains. So grateful to all of the firefighters. We are so grateful that our town was saved. Of the city of calistoga has been evacuated twice in the last three years, after the tubbs fire in 2017 also put in the city. California officially hit a milestone yesterday that was once considered unfathomable. Wildfires have torched 4 million acres in the state this year alone. The fire season is not is more than double the previous record. Sonoma county is opening a local assistant center to help people affected by the glass fire. Santa rosa residents will have access to Recovery Services and resources. The local assistant center will be located at Maria Carreno high school and will be open from 1 00 until 7 00 today. Stay with kpix 5 and www. Kpix. Com for the latest of elements on the glass fire. Governor newsom will make a special announcement today and he will provide an update on californias response to the wildfires and covid19. Campaign 20 titorly ting kicks off ea ix 5s emily turnerin live from one early voting site in San Francisco with the lastminute preps before voters show up. Reporter normally, voting is inside city hall down near the basement. Instead, they have filled an entire small city right here on grove street. Those large tents are there to help people vote. The department of election saw an 80 turnout in the last president ial election. The city is preparing for another record turnout again this go around. Everything has been set up to maintain 6 feet of distance between people whether you are voting, waiting in line, or dropping your ballot off. They will even offer hand sanitizer, gloves, and facemasks to all voters. Facemasks are required. They are lamenting a new sanitation disinfection protocol for voting supplies. All of the equipment and the hightech services in the Voting Center. They dont want to give you any excuse as far as safety is concerned not to vote. I voted at city hall before and itbut it does get to be a lot of people in a small space. I have looked at the space across the street and it seems to have a good distance. Reporter if you want to vote on election day itself, you are more than welcome to. There will be one of 588 places in person that you can put your ballot in. Everyone choosing to use one will be given ppe onsite. Of your voting by mail, you can drop your ballot off a nearly one of 1400 different collection boxes. At this point, a very important election. They are putting a lot of emphasis on getting people to the polls or somehow mailing their ballot to make sure that your vote is counted. Live in San Francisco, emily turner, kpix 5. Kpix 5 is committed to helping you vote smart this november. Visit our special section on www. Kpix. Com for links to voter information the specific to your county. We want to help answer any questions you might have. You can submit them on twitter, facebook, or instagram. In San Francisco, the sf moma is back open for the first time in months. New safety protocols are now in place. Masks must be worn. There was a line around the block when the museum reopened its doors this weekend. Visitors say they have been starved of art and culture ever since the pandemic began. I come to the museum all the time. It is what i do. I have been cold turkey now for about five or six months. To come back here is feeling so good. For the next two weeks, the museum is free to the public with a reservation which helps with crowd control. Still ahead on kpix 5 , dramatic video shows the moments two firefighters are rescued from a california wildfire. Coming up, hear from the chp officers who saved their lives. I am tracking onshore flow. That is bringing foggy conditions, even some coastal drizzle. I will have the work week forecast coming up. We are starting to see brake lights as you work your way through the Altamont Pass. Plus, a foggy start to your dry. Here is a live look outside before we head to break. You are looking at the city of San Francisco from our rooftop say yes. 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Some of our crews have had to hike three hours to get into the area and they started working. There are more than 600 National Guard members assigned to California Wildfires working under the supervision of cal fire. The four National Guard members were treated for injuries to their legs and heat exhaustion. They have all been discharged from the hospital. The family of oscar grant will meet at b. A. R. T. And demand that Nancy Omalley reopen his murder case. The Fruitvale Station is where the 22yearold grant was killed by a b. A. R. T. Police officer on new years day in 2009. It was one of the first police cellnengs to be recordedon nthplat heg pidoby another officer. The officer mistakenly grabbed his gun and said of his taser and was later charged with seconddegree murder but at trial he was convicted of involuntary manslaughter. The verdict sparked days of protests and riots in oakland. Grants family is planning to hold a News Conference today at 1 00. We will bring it to you live. Any proposal in oakland was significantly restricting where the citys Homeless Population can set up tents. At this encampment, we visited some sidewalks that were blocked with trash everywhere. The proposed encampment management policy would ban tents near highsensitivity areas like schools, homes, and businesses. One city leader does not want to criminalize the homeless but says there needs to be a balance. Some homeless say the ban would make it tough to find a place to sleep. Talking with the homeless residents, meeting with them, telling them that they cant be somewhere and then telling them where they can go. We are not trying to be a the citeonthe encamproposal lets get out to the roads with gianna keeping her eyes on traffic. I sure am. If you are getting ready to head out the door and hit the Altamont Pass, you will see some brake lights coming out of tracy. Mound house to grant line, a little bit busy right now. Sluggish conditions. It looks a lot better when you get for the dublin interchange. Your drive times definitely in the slow zone. East shore freeway in the clear. We did have a hotspot along highway 4 to start the morning off with but that has been cleared. Traffic moving at the limit from antioch toward hercules. Taking a look at traffi elsewhere, here is a. So far, traffic moving at the limit. Not seeing a lot of overall, a pretty easy commute if you are headed southbound. No delays northbound. The bay bridge, so far, so good. Traffic is looking just fine out of the east bay heading into San Francisco. The san mateo bridge also checking in a little foggy. Be careful as you work your way through it. Just a reminder, the express lanes are now open on 880 between oakland and milpitas, northbound from dixon landing. They have taken the carpool lanes and converted them into the express lanes. Southbound, you will see them over toward dixon landing. Keep that in mind if you plan on taking 880. Right now, 880 is at limit between fremont and oakland but we are dealing with some foggy spots as well. That seems to be the name of the game this morning. We have less than a quarter mile of visibility along the coast. Here is a look at the fog as we look to our north. You can see the golden gate shrouded in fog. Temperatures running in the 40s and 50s. It is definitely a cooler start to our day. 56 in concord. G7 for oakland. 58 in san jose. Down to 48 degrees right now. Definitely a chilly start in santa rosa. Down to a quartermile visibility in santa rosa. A half mile in napa. Near zero in petaluma. A quartermile in oakland. A quartermile for Half Moon Bay this morning. Please be careful if you are hitting the roadways this morning especially for those locations dealing with the dense fog. Lets check the air quality. It is so much better. We have that ocean breeze kicking and. It is the reason why we have foggy conditions. Looking at good to moderate air quality for most of the bay area. Unhealthy closer to the glass fire. That will continue for tuesday and even better as we look to the rest of the week. We have morning fog. We even have some coastal drizzle to start off the day. We kick off a new workweek with mild temperatures this afternoon. We will continue with our cool down. A little bit cooler for today. We even have some rain chances by the end of the week to speak of. Taking you hour by hour on futurecast, we will see that clearing with afternoon sunshine for most of us. The cloud cover could stick around along the coast. As we look to the end of the week, we are tracking another weather system that could bring a chance of showers as we look to friday and saturday. Daytime highs for today, looking at 84 in san jose. 86 for campbell. 84 for cupertino. East bay, 91 in concord. Upper 80s to low 90s for the trivalley. 67 in San Francisco 76 in oakland. Northbay in the mid to upper 80s. 88 for sonoma. 87 for santa rosa. 89 for windsor. Here is the extended forecast. Temperatures cooling down. Look at thursday and friday. We are going to the 60s and 70s. Fingers crossed on this for friday and saturday. Happening today, it is the start of fleet week. Like most Everything Else during the pandemic, it is going virtual. Some military ships will be sailing into town but dont expect them to be open for tours. The blue angels airshow and other live events have been postponed until next year but fleet week Virtual Program kicks off today. It includes a veterans art exhibit and a concert in honor of our fallen heroes. Next year, you will be able to experience it for real. S21 calendar. Time now is 5 20. Still ahead on kpix 5 ar , n time to debut as the latest 007 movie release date is delayed for a third time. How far it is now being pushed back. Looking live at the Golden Gate Bridge, there is the fog that we have been talking about. Coming up, the latest on president Donald Trumps condition. New york sees an increase in coronavirus cases. New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy talks about his states effort to track down 200 people who may have been exposed at the president s fundraiser. And, Lenny Kravitz on being a rock star. We will be right back. Oscar the grouch here to tell you, yeah, you, to wear a mask out in public around other people. Sure itll keep you healthy. But more importantly, i wont have to see your happy smiling face. Ugh. And if you dont want to wear a mask,g tol. I wont have to see your hascram,o ay. Ugh. Ugh. Caring for each other because we are all in this together. So wear a mask and have a rotten day, will ya . Ugh. Thats why i take osteo biflex, to keep me moving the way i was made to. It nourishes and strengthens my joints for the long term. While helping with occasional joint stiffness. Osteo biflex. No time to die can wait. Of the release date for the latest James Bond Film just got pushed back again. It is now due out april 2, 2021. The original release date was november 2019. The film starring daniel craig was delayed once because of a change in director and now twice by the coronavirus. The 25th installment in the bond franchise will mark Daniel Craigs final performance as the British Secret Service Agent , 007. The announcement comes as major theater chains struggled to remain open. Regal cinemas recently said they may close permanently. It is now 5 25. In our next half hour on kpix 5 and streaming on cbsn bay area, Senate Republicans pushing for a quick confirmation for the u. S. Supreme court nominee. How the coronavirus is complicating their efforts. Who will you vote for for president . You can place your ballot today. I will tell you how, just ahead. Here is a live our home was burned to the ground in the tubbs fire. The am the ash,yein wildfi. Families are forced to move and higher property taxes are a huge problem. Prop 19 limits taxes on wildfire victims vote yes on 19. Live from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix 5 news. Right now on kpix 5 and streaming on cbsn bay area, President Donald Trump enters his fourth day at the hospital today. The latest on his condition and the criticism over his decision to see his supporters. The mixed messages over whether a Coronavirus Vaccine will be ready soon. We ask how many would be willing to get it if it is rushed through. Early voting begins today. The length one outdoor Voting Center in San Francisco is going to to protect voters from covid19. Good morning. It is monday, october. Im len kiese. Im michelle griego. Lets get a check of the weather with meteorologist mary lee. Things are cooling down. We are looking at temperatures a little bit cooler today. We continue with the cool down as we head through the week. Even some rain chances as we look to the end of the week. We are looking at a foggy start foggy conditions along

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